updated Dec 6, 2025

Artist - Metalsmith – Stylist

education

2023 MFA MASieraad H+A; PXL-MAD School of Art, Hasselt BE + Amsterdam, NL

Ted Noten, Ruudt Peters, Gijs Bakker & Liesbeth den Besten

1999 BFA Metal Design; University of Washington, Seattle; Mary Lee Hu & John Marshall

1995 BA Apparel Design; Western Washington University, Bellingham; Dr. Rosalie King

1991 Associate degree; University of Idaho, Moscow; Kathy Kearney & Curtis Nelson; focus: clothing and metal design

work experience

Visual Artist: Jewelry, Sculpture, Installation and Apparel. 1988-present

Freelance Styling, art direction, film art department and tailoring: Local, on-set & location (New Zealand, Alberta, Maine, Florida, Hawaii). 2004–present

Clients: Brooks Running, Filson Co, REI, Eddie Bauer, Patron Tequila, Amazon, Campbell’s, Dairy Queen, Hilton Garden Inn, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Tommy Bahama, San Mar, Moving Comfort, Sahalie, Smashburger, Sound Transit and Cutter & Buck.

Facere Jewelry Art Gallery: custom design: 1998-2007; exhibitions & sales 1997-2007

SOIL Artist-Run Gallery: member: curator, exhibition install, logistics, fundraising, PR, proposal & member jury. 2002 – 2021

Production: SNAG Exhibition Committee, 2011; The Long Walk, 2010, 2011 & 2012

Curatorial:

The Four Chances, Munich Jewelry Week, biromiro kiosk, March 2025

MASieraad Graduation exhibition, Looiersgracht 61, Amsterdam, July 2023

Potluck: BURP, Munich Jewelry Week, Westend Apotheek, Munich March 2023

Potluck, Munich Jewelry Week, Westend Apotheek, Munich July 2022

Get It On, The UltraModern Necklace, Juried Show, with Maria Phillips, SOIL Gallery, October 2019

Enigma Machine, with Shelly Leavens, Bumbershoot Music & Arts Exhibition, September 2013

Skyward! with Shelly Leavens, Bumbershoot Music & Arts Exhibition, September 2012

The Progressives, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, October 2006

Tinker Tailor Jeweler Spy, SOIL Gallery, September 2006

SOIL Annual Auction, 2005 to present

Remote Control, Soil Gallery, April 2005

selected solo exhibitions

2015 Jana Brevick: This Infinity Fits in My Hand, Bellevue Arts Museum, April - August

2014 Intergalactic Parallax, SOIL Gallery

2012 Moving Target, SOIL Gallery

2011 ComLink, SOIL Gallery

2010 Net, SOIL Gallery

2008 Thanks, Wavelength. SOIL Gallery

2006 Tinker Tailor Jeweler Spy, SNAG, SOIL Gallery

2005 Remote Control, SOIL Gallery

selected exhibitions

2025 At This Point, PXL-MAD Graduates exhibition; DIVA Museum, Antwerp, BE; curators: Elisabeth Pira & Lars Joosten

Support Systems: The Art of the Jewelry Box, Cristina Grajales Gallery, New York Jewelry Week, curator Isa Esser-Munera

2024 ressurACT, West Ende Apotheek, Munich Jewelry Week, Munich

Missed Connections, Art Produce, SNAG San Diego, CA & Steuben Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY; curators: Lyndsay Rice & Jess Tolbert

30 years Object & Jewellery, PXL-MAD School of Art, Hasselt, Belgium

2023 EXIT Extended: MASieraad & PXL-MAD Jewelry and Object Show, Multiple, Hasselt, Belgium

EXIT 2023: MASieraad and PXL-MAD Jewelry and Object Degree Show, C Mine, Genk, Belgium

MASieraad Degree Show, Looiersgraght 60, Amsterdam, NL

Potluck: BURP, West Ende Apotheek, Munich Jewelry Week, Munich, Germany

2022 Potluck, West Ende Apotheek, Munich Jewelry Week, Munich, Germany

2019-20 Striking Gold, Fuller at 50, Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA

2019 Joya Barcelona, Disseny Hub Museo, Barcelona, Spain

2019 Exhibition in Motion, Aurum, Palmer House, SNAG Conference, Chicago, IL

2018 Which Soil Member Are You? Spring/Break Art Show, NYC, Times Square

2017 Metalmorphosis, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA

2016 The Future is Now, Gallery One, Ellensburg, WA

Meeting of Minds, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery

2015 MetaModern, Artist-Run @ Satellite; Miami Projects; Miami Beach, FL; December

Outer Limits, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, February

2014 0-60, The Experience of Time Through Contemporary Art Pratt Institute Gallery, NYC

2013 0-60, The Experience of Time Through Contemporary Art, North Carolina Museum of Art

2011 SOIL @ Aqua Art, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL

2010 Celebrating 70, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery

Signs of Life #6, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery

2009 Artists of ARTECH. Past-Present employee exhibition, 1977-2009. Wright Exhibition Space, Seattle

False Proof, Kirkland Art Center, WA

EXPO, SOIL Artist-Run Gallery

Stimulus Project, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA

2008 SOIL @ Aqua Art, Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL

The Surrealist Impulse: Recent Acquisitions from Tacoma Art Museum Collection

SOIL @ SOIL, SOIL Gallery, October members’ show

2006 SOIL at Aqua Art, Art Basel South Beach, Miami, FL

2005 SOIL: 10 Year, Member Retrospective, SOIL Gallery

2005 200 Rings, Traveling show, Curator: Robert Ebendorf

Signs of Life #1, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, literary show catalogue & lecture

Beyond the Body: Northwest Jewelers at Play, Tacoma Art Museum, Curator: Rock Hushka

2003 YSA Exhibition, Howard House, Seattle; invited by Victoria Haven (YSA = Young Seattle Artists)

The Ring, Traveling Exhibition; Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbighshire, Wales; Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA

Unemployment Benefits, Priceless Works Gallery, Seattle; curator: Ragan Peck

New Members Show, Soil Gallery, Seattle

Art of Gold, Traveling Exhibition; Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, CA; Spenser Museum, Lawrence, KA

Display Use Only, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, Washington; curator: Susan Myers

Gallery of Collections and Creations, Soil Co-op Members, Bumbershoot

2002 Exquisite Corpse, Collaborative multi-media show, Bumbershoot; curator: Marian Peck

Round, Soil Gallery, July, Seattle; curator: Monica Miller

2001 SCHMUCK 2001, Handwerksmesse, Munich, Germany

Avant Garde Jewelry, Wilhelm-Wagenfeld-Haus, Bremen, Germany

2000 Under the Influence, Northwest Jewelry and Ethnographic Objects, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA; curator: Mia McEldowney

Drawing the Lines, Society of Arts and Crafts Gallery, Boston, MA; curator: Gail M. Brown

Attitude and Action! North American Figurative Jewelry, The Atrium Gallery, University of Central England, Birmingham, England, July-August; traveled to Dublin, Ireland; curator: Gail M. Brown

speaking engagements & teaching

University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Melt Workshop, 2017

Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, Melt Workshop, 2016

Lecture & Teen teaching program with Gage School of Art, Bellevue Arts Museum, 2015

Penland School of Crafts, North Carolina, Summer sessions, teaching 2009, 2012, 2019

Lecture & demonstration of my work, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2008

Lecture & demonstration, Massachusetts School of Art, 2009

Lecture & presentation of my work, Bellevue Arts Museum, Docents Association, 2005

SOIL Auction Co-Chair; Seattle Design Center, 2011 & Western Bridge, Seattle 2007

Going Local, Artist Lecture Series, sponsored by Seattle Metals Guild, April 14, 2005

workshops attended

2013 Gerry Lewy, Gem Setting, The Ranch, WA

2007 MAKER Faire, San Mateo, CA, May

2004-05 VAIN Free-Thinking Residency, Seattle, WA; October-January

2003 EDGE Program, Professional Artist Practices, Artist Trust, Seattle

2001 Manfred Bischoff, Lost Object, Hidden Jewel; Alchimia School; Florence, Italy

2000 Assistant, Lori Talcott; Ancient Techniques: Filigree and Engraving; Penland School of Crafts, NC

collections

Cathy and Michael Casteel

Cheryl and Ron Berenson

Greg Kucera and Larry Yocum

Jennifer and Christopher Roberts

Dr Jeffry Gelblum

Liesbeth den Besten

Olaf Hodne

Pamela Biallas

Paula Huizenga

Rosemary Pham

Ruudt Peters & Leo Versteijlen

Sara Visbeek

Susan Beech collection, Smithsonian Institution, Renwick Gallery

Susan and Lonnie Edelheit

Tacoma Art Museum

Theresa Wingert & Ryan Galagher

Tuan Lee

print publications and reviews

Wagonfeld, Judy. Jana Brevick: This Infinity Fits in My Hand. Metalsmith Magazine. Vol. 35, No. 5, pp 58-9

Updike, Robin. Jana Brevick: This Infinity Fits in My Hand. Ornament Magazine, Winter 2015, Vol. 38, no. 2. pp.

Manitach, Amanda. Surreal Function. Lifestyle in City Arts magazine. October 2013

Graves, Jen. Where Am I? What’s Going On? The Stranger Blog. Sept. 22, 2009

Kurtz, Katie. Craft: transforming traditional craft, Vol. 06, Handmade Section, p. 12. O’Reilly Publications, 2008

Updike, Robin. Jana Brevick: A Slyly Subversive Artist. Ornament Magazine, Winter 2005, Vol. 29, no. 2.

pp. 48-51.

Art to Go, Susan Phinney, Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Thursday, Dec. 15, 2005

Review: Hackett, Regina. SOIL Retrospective Show. Post-Intelligencer, Friday, October 28, 2005

SOIL: A Seattle Artists’ Run Gallery, book of members, 2005-2011, four volumes

Review: Hackett, Regina. Surveillance, SOIL members exhibition. Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 2005

Metcalf, Bruce. Is There a Jewelry Avant-garde? Essay and image of The Everchanging Ring, Metalsmith Magazine, Summer 2004, vol. 24, number 3. pp.14-15.

Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith Magazine, August 2004, page 48.

1000 Rings, Published by Lark Books, 2004, curator: Robert Ebendorf.

Hall, Emily, In Art News, The Stranger, March 6, 2003, page 26.

Kangas, Matthew, Review, Display Use Only, Metalsmith, Spring 2003, vol. 23, num. 2.

SCHMUCK: 2001, exhibition catalogue for Munich, Germany, Edition Handwerk, 2001, pages 32-33

online publications & reviews

Art Jewelry Forum, Do you Read Me, Hal? Jana Brevick Installs a Spaceship at Bellevue Margolis-Pineo, Sarah, August 9, 2015 https://www.artjewelryforum.org/exhibition-reviews/do-you-read-me-hal

Seattle Metropolitan, The Top Things to See or Do in Seattle: April 2015

http://www.seattlemet.com/articles/2015/4/1/the-top-things-to-see-or-do-in-seattle- april-2015

Vignettes, In the Studio, Jana Brevick | Metal Guru, is it you?

http://vignettes.us/blogs/in- the-studio/16436413-jana-brevick-metal-guru-is-it-you

City Arts Online, Bumbershoots and Ladders, Amanda Manitach, Sept 4, 2013:

http://www.cityartsonline.com/articles/bumbershoots-and-ladders

City Arts, Lifestyle, Surreal Function, Amanda Manitach, October 2013

http://www.cityartsonline.com/articles/surreal-function

Papercut Magazine, Jewelry featured, December 2012

BoingBoing, A Directory of Wonderful Things

http://boingboing.net/2007/05/09/wedding-rings-made-f.html

Vignettes, In the Studio, Jana Brevick | Metal Guru, is it you?